Refrigerating test tubes at Ray Brook Sanatorium in Saranac Lake
An unknown Ray Brook Sanatorium lab worker refrigerates test tubes. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
Type of Work: Healthcare
A healthcare provider with a patient at Saranac Lake General Hospital
A healthcare provider at the Saranac Lake General Hospital attends to an unknown patient. The General Hospital was built in 1913, when a week’s stay cost $10 per week. Use of the operating room was $5 per procedure. There was room for twelve patients at a time. Unlike much of the rest of the healthcare […]
Brook Sanatorium Laundry Workers in Saranac Lake
Ray Brook Sanitorium Laundry Workers pose for a photograph. During the tuberculosis years, laundries in Saranac Lake were large employers, as it was thought important to wash patients’ clothes and bedding regularly. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
Dr. Trudeau examining a tuberculosis patient in Saranac Lake
Francis Trudeau (1887-1956) examines a tuberculosis patient. Francis was the fourth child of Dr. Edward Trudeau. Born in Saranac Lake, he devoted his entire career to the village, working with his father on tuberculosis. Circa early 1900s. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
Taking x-rays at the Trudeau Sanatorium in Saranac Lake
Patients are having chest x-rays taken inside the Trudeau Sanatorium x-ray laboratory. Date unknown. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of the Saranac Lake Free Library.
Staff of the state sanatorium in Ray Brook
The Ray Brook Sanitorium was erected in 1902 as a TB Sanatorium. It closed in 1975. Ray Brook Staff. Standing, left to right : Dr. Toole, Yeagan, Lawrence, Dr. James Monroe, Fred Beck, John Eisenhouer, Norm Sheffrin, Dr. F. Clark White, Dr. David V. Pecora Seated: Dr. Agustin Rivas y Zepeda, Dr. Janet Kohl (the only female doctor), a […]
A house tent at the state sanatorium in Ray Brook
A typical house tent, at the state sanatorium, originally named The New York State Hospital for Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis. House tents and screen rooms were used to house patients year round as it was felt the fresh air would cure TB. Circa 1909. Ray Brook, NY. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
Medical staff of the Prescott House in Saranac Lake
Prescott House medical staff on the steps of Reception Hospital. Front row: Dr. Francis Berger Trudeau, Dr. Edward Welles, Dr. Warriner Woodruff, Dr. John N. Hayes, Dr. George Wilson, and Dr. Henry Leetch. Back row: Dr. Daniel Brumfiel, Dr. Charles Trembley, Dr. Edward R. Baldwin, Dr.Hugh Kinghorn, and Dr. J. Woods Price. 1943. Saranac Lake, NY. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
An aerial view of the Trudeau Sanatorium in Saranac Lake
Trudeau Sanatorium from above. Circa 1940. Saranac Lake, NY. Donated by Noreen Oslander. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.
Tuberculosis patients at the Linwood Cottage in Saranac Lake
Early curing at the Linwood Cottage. Note the absence of cure chairs. Circa 1900- 1910. Saranac Lake, NY. Photo originally published in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. Courtesy of Historic Saranac Lake.